Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-06-24
KING
Solomon 5 Mines.
ny II, RIDER HAG6ARD.
CHAPTER XVI.
THE PLACE OF DEATH.

the Three Witch ." as the triangle OF
mountains were called to wh:cl SDlonon's
Great Road ran. Our party consist or cur
tire. &c yes and Foa.ata. VINO wiItet on u
especially OH GJod-InfldnoS. Gagoni.
who was borne along III litter, iii>ide
which she could be heard mutterihg ana
cursna all day long, and party OF guards
ond attendants.
had better leave the feelings OF intense
excitement with which we set out on our
march that morning TO the imagination OF
those who read this history. At last we
were drawing near to the wonderful mines
that had been the cause of the miserable
death Of the old POr.u don. three CEN
turtles ago, of my poor friend his il!-starred
desc infant and also, a. we feared, OF George
Curtis, Sir IIenry's brother Were we deS-
tined, after all that we had gone through to
fare any better? Evil befell them: as that
old iiend GagoOl said, would also befall us?
Somehow As we were marching up that last
stretch OF beautiful road, | could not help
fe ling little superstitiOus about the nat
ter, and so think did Good and Sir Henry.
For an hour and half or more we
tramped on up the heataer-frnged road,
going 50 fast in our excitement that the
BEARERS with Ga ZoorS hammock could
sciroaly keep pace with Us, and It's 0ccu-
pant piped ont to us to stop.
Go more slowly white men" she said,
projecting her hidrnrs sIriyeltd cOunten-
anra between the curtains, and fixing her
y,raming eyes apan rs: why will We run
10 meet the tvi. that shall befall We, ye
seekers after treasure? and she laughed
that IOrrlbe laugh which always sent a
cotd sh yer down my back, an which for 4
while quite took the en- hu~ldsm ont OF us.
However o. We went till we saw before
,ts, and bctwccA ours lives AMI the peak
vast circular hole with so3lng sides, three
hundred fc or more III dePfh ana gulte
halt 4 mite roI H.
emit you guess = At this IS ! SAID 10
Sir Henry ana "a"d VINO "er" staring III
3>t1nishm nj doWh mo thc awful PIT DC
tore IL.
+ ey .Ook their hrId
Then it +, rl ar Tat YOU nave never
seen the diam 4md min =, at Kimberley. You
may depend on il taat this is So onions
Diamond Mine; look r. | sud point
lag - jtp' sta. T. H. - wine was yet %
lr sen among tue grass amt bushes winch
clothed M sides 81 e = t. IN formation
the same. III be q llhd that II we went
own there w shnnd ii td pipes OF sotpy
brrcc .alci ruch. Ia K. too. and pointed
to a -cri oil worn hit slabs ot rocH which
we've placed on 4 gentle ~lo'c he.ow the
level of i w't'I-couFsr when li'd ia some
past age oeeh cur ""t al me 9nili t"'h' II
those are not l'VpltS once u'ch |" Wish INC
SUM- III " P"'' '"''''
At the rd e "t this vast hoe, wich was
the pit IN IKE un the OLD don'o mp, the
great road bran 'hci into two and circum-
vented il. In many places this circumycnt-
ing road was built entirely of vast blocks of
stone, apparcn ~ with the object Of sup
porting the edges OF the pit an | preventing
falls of reef. Along this road we pr Ssed,
driven hy curiosity To see what the three
c,'rn from the hlther side at tn great hoe.
As we got nearer wc perceived That they
wcT colo~A "i me sort or another, ana
rightly c"nJrcturd ihit Ties were The three
Silent q res mat wcr; h"ld IN Anch awe
by the klkHthl cope. tut IL was nor UNI
til wc ! quite CLOSE that we recognized the
full majesty .. les, Silent Ones
Fnrrr II un lu :. pc,lrst.,l- of dark roe,
Srn pt,urd q uul own characters twenty
PAGES b iur'Iclch and louiyiug down the
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pliiu Ia Lbu " ~ I re colossal = at d
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wtf" ready =" :" ~ once. u - "l Ilau an
honhced her Willingness |" g'n &c IL. As II
was not more than r,rv n O'clock We
di'Neh '" p' our an CURIOSITY in
hoah''" "oi ''''h'''' OF ""''"'"S III
nee, aI"t S'lEE 'Sted thai, N cAs' We
sioaid D" drl t"' Il ~ 'le eA'', We Should
take some food with uS Accordingly Ga
Eonfs litter was brought up and that lady
herself assisted out of It; and meanwhile
Foulata. at my request. store some bill
tom or dried gImc-il 'Sh to either with a
uple of gourdS ot water in 4 reed basket
Str1,g ht in front at t., at "a distance of some
ATTY PAGES from the ha Ks .: til. colossi
rose u sheer wall of rock eighty feet or
more in h icht, that gradually SIopcd up till
1t tormci th' taSe of the lofty snow
"ieatu'" ply when scared up INTO the
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WV '''' 'Nil EiIh upon us, ana thell, lean
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Luce "' the f"'"' We lo,loMci her TIL we
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